
Originally Posted by
GomezAddams
I was there, I saw it happen. From the drop of Cataclysm onward, the bottom line and attracting more subs were the only things anyone at Blizz cared about anymore. That was the first max exodus, and nobody noticed because of the HUGE influx of new players over the next two to three years. However, those new players unsubbed regularly, and only sometimes came back for patches, leading to even more casual-style, come-and-go business tactics. Now here we are on another game that's been struggling to provide what they promise and making retarded changes for no reason whatsoever for almost 3 years now. The only people on my friends list are hard core players and rich omni-crafters. They all stopped playing within 3 weeks of 6.0. We've now been given less and less content, and had jobs nerfed to the point of imbecility, both department of hand and land, as well as dept. of war. Facts are facts, and this is what stockholders want.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless they put the brakes on this attitude by 6.2, the truth is that they will just continue to decimate the game in the name of dividends. And since SE will never sell the rights to this franchise to ANYONE, EVER, the game will just get trashed when stockholders no longer like the returns.
Yes, it's a vicious circle and makes no sense, but investors want money asap, and continuously. Yes, this outlook actually cuts them out of money in the long run. But as an investor, they want what's hot now, and the second something cools off, the majority of them jump ship and take their investments with them, leaving the company or project in shambles with no revenue to fix anything.
The comparison is almost identical in all respects. And since even the majority of people that usually stroke Yoshi's ego (and other stuff) are remaining surprisingly silent, I dare say even THEY are sick of the BS at this point. Yes fanbois and girls, we noticed your silence. I'm no prophet, but I understand business, and what's going on here is an all too familiar story in this day and age. Welcome to the end.